Friday, May 23, 2025
Pavia Tapestries, Surrender of King François I, c. 1528-31
John Robert Cozens, View of Vietri and Raito, Italy, c. 1783, watercolor over graphite on cream laid paper
Tamara de Lempicka, Young Girl in Green (Young Girl with Gloves), c. 1931, oil on board
Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries
7 enormous Renaissance tapestries displayed alongside impressive examples of 16th-century arms and armor commemorate the Battle of Pavia, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's 1525 victory over French King Francis I during the 16th-century Italian Wars. The hangings required remarkable feats of collaboration between artists and weavers; these are major designs by court artist Bernard van Orley (1487—1541), woven in a distinguished Brussels workshop.
Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond
Featuring over 70 works of art in a variety of media, Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond explores how the genre of landscape evolved during an era of immense transformation in Britain. Featured artists include the great figures in the evolution of British landscape painting: Richard Wilson, Thomas Gainsborough, John Robert Cozens, and J.M.W. Turner.
Tamara de Lempicka
The first US retrospective exhibition for this artist—featuring more than 90 works of art, traversing Lempicka's career from her beginnings in Paris to the decade she spent in New York and Los Angeles in the 1940s. Classic portraits, sensual figure studies, and melancholic still lifes trace the influences she absorbed from Cubist aesthetics, fashion and design, and her deep appreciation for art of the Renaissance and the paintings of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The display is augmented by exceptional examples from the MFAH's Art Deco collection of costumes and design.
Lunch at our new favorite spot, Houston's beloved, historic Cleburne Cafeteria. They serve the best homestyle cooking in a welcoming, efficient environment!
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